The past and ways of talking about it
What is history? In the first place, it is the subject matter of historiography, which is what historians write. What does historiography talk about? The human past. In other words,…
Read moreMind-body reductionism and Indian traditions –S.N.Balagangadhara
1. Consider the everyday phenomenon of sunrise and sunset. We see the movement of the sun on the horizon and, for a very long period of time, people thought that…
Read moreCriticism: Twisted arguments
Criticism: I use jargon and twisted arguments on a mundane topic. And that every Swami says that Hinduism is not a religion but a way of life. And so on. If…
Read moreCriticism: Nonsense
Regarding nonsense. I take it you mean that my claims are false or wrong. In that case, I would like to read your reasons. There is no point in simply…
Read moreLogic of normative ethics: Immorality
Why does one bring up the issue of one’s grandmother’s judgment about a clerk taking bribes as a counter-example? First, what do I say? That he calls it as corruption…
Read moreMitigating circumstances, normative ethics
The universalisability of norms does not mean that the western people all factually follow these norms. Even if everyone were to lie, the ethical statement “No one ought to lie”…
Read moreEthically Bad Action vs. Corruption—S.N.Balagangadhara
1. The ‘corruption’ refers to the social phenomenon in India which makes about 20% of the adult population into immoral people. When I said that I refuse to call the…
Read moreIs relative ethics coherent?
Does the notion of “relative ethics” make sense within the context of the western ethics? There are some attempts to develop “ethical relativism”, even though it is not clear what…
Read moreMoral domain not defined by norms
The inability of the Chinese language to express counterfactuals is even more intriguing. As you know, Confucius wrote his “Analects” in the Classical Chinese language. In order to see where…
Read moreIs Normative Ethics Richer?
1. Are western traditions innately richer because they have the moral ought? My answer: No. In fact, in my book on ethics I will prove the following: the non-normative ethics…
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